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MEGALE POLIS

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in Ancient Geography, dividedly (Ptolemy, Pausanias); or conjunctly Megalopolis, (Strabo): A town of Arcadia, built under the auspices of Epaminondas, after the battle of Leuctra; many insignificant towns being joined together in one great city, the better to withstand the Spartans. It was the greatest city of Arcadia, according to Strabo.